The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-28
FARM IND HOUSEHOLD.


Lambs can be taught to drink cows
milk by adding to it oatmeal.
In dressing poultry foT market the
loss in weight is about one-third.
The present is a good time to organ
lie farmers clubs and other useful So
cieties.
The latest advices from the cane
growing countries are favorable to a
full supply OF sugar
For cows one of the best supplement
airy feeds with corn fodder is wheat
bran. Try it.
1t takes six cords of hard maple wood
to produce the same amount Of heat that
four cords of hickory will.
An Indiana farmer. after experiment
ing, says the Cotswold is the most pro-
htsble sheep to keep for mutton and
wool
In the case of trees which bear in al
ternate years, judiciOus thinning will
often result ia considerable fruit in the
of years.
One use Of old tin cans is to cut them
up into strips two or three inches wide
and tack them over holes in either
house or barn.
Some dairymen save the last fourth
OF the milk from the COW In a separate
vessel, and then pour it directly into a
cream jar.
Avoid top ventilation in the poultry
house. 1t will cause Group, swelled
head, closed eyes and many other diff
culties.
The standard for good COW is said to
be i've hundred gallons of milk year,
and of this there should be ten per cent.
Of cream.
An authority says slight elevations
are safer places for the grape than bot
tom lands, on account of the early and
late frOsts.
With proper care and skill we'll Sc
lected flock of the right kind OF sheep
can be made to paw 100 per cent. on
their cost every year.
Can be easily led by halter that COM
mands her nose, but with difficulty by a
rope around her horns.
Mr. f. II. Israel says the last colony
Of bees should have at least thirty
pounds Of scaled honey TO start in with,
the packs in double walled chaff hives.
When fruit trees are SPRAYED with ar
senical solutions, to operate against the
coddling moth, curculio, etc., do it early
enough in the season to avoid poisoning
the fruit.
When a horse is taken into the stable
tired, muddy and sweaty, he ought to
stand to hay at first, be gently bathed
in warm water and then rubbed with
cloths till thoroughly dry.
Deep plowing should be confined to
rich lands, and the blowing be done in
the fall ; while shallow blowing is best
for thin soils, and should be done in the
spring, leaving the middle course for
medium soil.
The Canadian government has made
provisions for a number of experimental
stations for the advancement of agri-
culture in the northwestern provinces.
Professor William Saunders. of Lond on,
Ont, has the matter in charge.
A good agency for keeping the air of
the cellar sweet and wholesome is
WhiteWash made of good white lime and
water only. Lime In whitewash great
~ promotes the complete oxidation of
ehuvia in the cellar air.
In preparing food for stock, such as
cooked vegetables, chopped feed, ETC.,
always season with salt. Every animal
Graves, and must have, a certain amount
Of saline matter introduced into the sys-
tenn to enable it to thrive.
Green food, well-seasoned meat, plen.
ty OF water, dry dust, broken bones,
gravel and egg shells, crushed up fine
meal wet with warm dish water in the
morning, sour milk, etc., are good fol
causing hens to lay in winter time.
No kind of farm stock costs 80 little
or pays SO large proportionate profit al
SOW pigs kept until they have their frs
litter of pigs. a SOW due to farrow in
March or April is always salable at
handsome advance on her value fol
making PORK.
Guernsey grades are yearly growing
more popular among dairymen and far
mers, and their merits make them wor.
thy of attention. There are but few
essential differences among the Guern
seys, Jerseys and Alderneys-they al
come from the same group of islands.
In no other country in the world ar
the feathers Of the barnyard fowls s,
recklessly wasted as our own. Ii
France no part OF the fowl is wasted
unless, perhaps, it be the intestines.-
The feet and heads are used at tn
cheaper restaurants to give body to tn
soups, etc.
1t is advised, says a Cincinnati paper
not to allow peach trees to bear frui
until after the third year. We think 4
better to allow them to bear wheneve
they can, and TO plant young trees ever!
spring to take the place OF those killed
as they are likely TO be, by frost, acci
dents OF carelessness.
A new luxury in the vegetable line \
now on the market. 1t is called tbu
Spanish OdOrless onion is imported
from SDai1 yarias in siza from oiv >,